The Business Of Crime A Documentary Study Of Organized Crime In The American Economy

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Synopsis

Members of organized crime syndicates have gained control of key businesses and trade unions through their strategic positions as arbiters of labor-management conflicts and as dispensers of illegal credit. They are managing important sectors of the contemporary marketplace, engaging in activities far more significant than the vice enterprises usually associated with criminal activity. Difficult to access for scholarly study, organized crime is best documented in judicial findings and in legislative reports from criminal investigations and public hearings. In this book, Alan Block has assembled a rich cross section of these reports. Taken together, they illustrate how organized crime has infiltrated important industries and taken control of union pension and welfare funds. Designed for students of criminology, sociology, and deviance, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the business of crime in America today.

Book details

Author:
Alan A Block
ISBN:
9781000243161
Related ISBNs:
9780367305956, 9780429309243, 9780367290498
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
294
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-09-12
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1991
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology